is the Price right?

[Drastik Lee]

Hi,

I had a quote to do today for 4 en-suites in a big country house B&B (2x bathrooms with showers over the baths & 2x shower rooms) i quoted a price of £1740 all in including materials, tiles (fairly cheap ones to be fair but its what the customer wanted) and installation including waterproofing and bonding in shower areas.

But the customer seem to think this is to high .... i thought its sounded pretty reasonable :mad2:

Thoughts please

 

[Ian]

Sounds very fair, what is the square meterage?

 

[Drastik Lee]

yeah it is bri went in at £25 m2 (Cheap i know but needs must) ..... i thought so too

 

[DHTiling]

£25 a mtr inc of supplying every thing...?..

NO way!!..

 

[Ian]

I meant how many m2 of tiling is there to be done? Anyhow, less than £450 per room all in is more than fair.

 

[Drastik Lee]

no £25 m2 is the labour price only materials are seperate lol (its cheap not stooopid lol) its around a total of 45m2

 

[DHTiling]

no £25 m2 is the labour price only materials are seperate lol (its cheap not stooopid lol) its around a total of 45m2

Phew!!!!! i was about to change your user name to "Loose change Lee ".. :lol:

 

[dave l and l]

seems it depend on what area you work from. i would charge anywhere between 20 to 30 per m2 not including materials.
for basic ceramic and the size of the job i would have to be about 20 a m2 labour to get job...
went to look at job recently, was 4 houses to tile, guy told me if i could beat 7 pound a m2 i had it,spoke to the two guys doing job and right enough they were charging 7 per m2 and were happy with that ..there is no hope

 

[EverDon Tiling]

its hard to get £20 m2 here i'm going in at £18 at the mo but know a few round here doing it for 15m2 if i was just tiling and not doing full bathrooms and kitchens i'd be struggling to make ends meet.

 

[Drastik Lee]

spoke to the two guys doing job and right enough they were charging 7 per m2 and were happy with that ..there is no hope[/QUOTE]

REALLYYY!!! 7 per m2 how do they do that ??? they where obviously either not doing a great job or just abit backwards

average around this way is about 25 soooo ......

 

[bugs183]

£7 unreal!!
Did you give the customer a breakdown of everything on the estimate? Some people get a figure in their head out of no where.
May be go back detailing everything, and talk them through the job, how long it will take for each stage etc.
I've done that before and if you show them that you know your stuff they gain confidence in you.
Doesn't sound like you've over charged at all.
I priced a 30m2 travertine floor, needs levelling and an uncoupling mat, someone has priced it at £250!!!!! I do find that If someone is daft enough to go for the cheapest quote they often aren't worth working for anyway.
Good luck.

 

[Drastik Lee]

Ive gotta go back tomorrow with the plumber to discuss a few things about the plumbing and tiling so it cant be that bad lol i always do a full breakdown in all my quotes including terms & conditions etc. so ill get to have another chat tomorrow so ill do my bit then

Cheers

also it was a mere of a quote to do as you can imagine breaking down four seperate rooms, sourcing tiles and material prices (which were all done at trade price)

 

[bugs183]

In my mates terms and conditions he says that customer has to supply a cuppa tea every hour!

 

[dave l and l]

i dont know how they do it as they were travelling a good twenty miles to get to job. i also think they were a pair of chancers and decided to slap tiles up and hope for best. the guy that owned the building company nearly spat the dummy when said to him 20 a m2 labour,
30 m2 of travertine for 250, thats crazy too. saying that i know a couple of chancers who would do it for 210

 

[White Room]

I know a good tiler who stopped working for a builder, the builder was using the labourers to do the prep work and the tiler just could'nt make pay with so much bad prep.